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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

Success

By Dyson’s side since they met at art school was Deirdre, an illustrator and graphic designer by training (she now custom-designs carpets ). Deirdre supported Dyson’s prototype habit with her modest salary as an art teacher. That’s where the doggedness — and a supportive wife —comes in.

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

Success

Now, I am living my calling in ways I was unable to imagine in 2002. A successful sales executive, Webber found herself increasingly dissatisfied with her work in the tech industry despite its secure salary and lucrative annual bonus. Just over a year later, our little Texan, Matthew Raymond, arrived. I asked her. “I

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

Success

in his 2002 best-selling book, Authentic Happiness. So although more money doesn’t necessarily make you happier (see the discussion of salaries below in “Happiness Roadblocks”), more happiness just might make you more money. We’re trained as humans to believe that we feel the way we do because of what’s happening in our lives.

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Expose on the Aqua B Risk Assessment in the UK

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No doubt Aqua B are on the way to pushing up their compliance officer''s income to the suggested £75000 a year salary boasted on their web site. Surely not possible John is a trained Aqua B expert. I asked John Butterworth if he was a trained surveyor or something and he said. " Sounds very strange doesn''t it.

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